Chapter 801 The Last Leaf

next few days.

Clans and bloggers promote their respective [King of Short Stories] activities.

Between the lines, they are fighting against each other, fighting openly and secretly.

The competition between the two big capitals has aroused countless heated discussions among netizens!

Against the background of the coming rain.

The short story world is undercurrents.

Lin Yuan was always silently typing in the studio.

The remaining few manuscripts were completed by him one after another.

And when he finished the work at hand, the time had already moved towards the middle of the month.

this day.

morning.

Jin Mu suddenly knocked on the door of Lin Yuan's office and brought him a message:

"The tribe has just started this event. They changed the previous gameplay and took the lead in releasing a short story that hides the author's identity. This is a signal gun announcing the start of war. Every hour of today, they will send out An anonymous short story."

"Where's the blog?"

"Continue to follow."

Lin Yuan nodded.

Lin Yuan has finished writing the novel. This is the trump card he prepared for the blog. How to play this deck with the tribe is what the editors of the blog literature department have to consider, and now the tribe has taken the lead.

boom!

The starting gun sounded.

The battle for the king of short stories has officially begun!

...

The first short story published by the Tribe was titled Mirror.

As soon as this novel was released, it immediately aroused praise from netizens!

"This novel is pretty good!"

"The tribe is indeed a golden lineup, and the quality of the first novel is quite good!"

"It's a pity that the ending is almost meaningless, but overall it is already a very good work."

"This should not be the work of Feihong and Feng Hua, it feels more like Zhou Yu's handwriting. In the past, this novel is probably in the top three, but the lineup of writers in this issue is too good, and the final ranking is estimated It's not easy to say."

"I feel a bit like Zouger's work."

"If this novel is released on the blog, it will definitely be in the top three. I can't think of anyone else's work on the blog that can stabilize this novel besides Chu Kuang!"

"Speaking of blogging, has the activity on the blogging side started yet?"

"..."

Netizens are curious.

The tribe has already started to make moves, how will the blog respond?

Someone tried to open the blog's active interface.

brush!

The activity interface of the blog has also been updated, and the first short story has appeared!

Title, "The Last Leaf"!

"Ah this!"

"Blogging is fast!"

"It seems that the two sides are really fighting hard. The tribe has just released its first short story, and the blog has just released a short story!"

"Even the gameplay is exactly the same on both sides!"

"If we take it out for comparison, wouldn't the disadvantages of blogging be more obvious?"

"Compared to the lineup on the tribe side, only Chu Kuang's works on the blog side can do it right?"

"Let's read this first."

"I bet a bag of spicy sticks, the quality of the first blog post is definitely not as good as that of the tribal, and Chu Kuang's work will definitely be released later for the finale, by the way, respect!"

"..."

Netizens discussed, switched blogs according to the trend, and clicked on "The Last Leaf".

In fact.

Everyone's attention to this blog is purely because of Chu Kuang.

The only author on the blog is Chu Kuang's works, which are worth looking forward to.

...

Korean Academy of Arts.

In classroom 1313 of the Faculty of Letters.

A special open class by Professor Logan!

Professor Logan is the gold-lettered signboard of the Faculty of Letters under the Hanzhou Academy of Arts. In addition to being a professor, he is also a very successful writer of short stories and novels. He has many books under his name and is highly respected by students in the school.

Today's class is specially prepared by the school for Professor Logan.

Mr. Logan did not give a lecture today, but let everyone read the short stories released by the tribe and the blog today through mobile phones and computers, and then discussed the novels based on the students' personal understanding.

Combined with the real-time dynamics of the literary world, it is a unique teaching method.

At this time, everyone had just finished discussing the tribe's "Mirror", and the enthusiasm was very high.

Logan looked at the blog and said with a smile:

"Just now everyone said it very well, next, please read the "The Last Leaf" published by the blog, and then tell me your own understanding."

"OK!"

The students spoke cooperatively, and then clicked on "The Last Leaf".

Logan also clicked on the novel.

The tribal and literary short story event is a major event in the literary world. Logan specially applied to the school for an open class around this event, and it seems that the effect is not bad so far.

This is also the purpose of Logan.

He thinks that this class is good, and students can have a deep understanding of short stories.

"I don't know which novel Chu Kuang wrote and when it will be released."

Before clicking on the novel to read, this thought flashed through Logan's mind.

There are many writers worthy of Logan's expectation on the tribe side, but there is only one Chu Kuang on the blog side.

However, although the lineup of writers on the blog is not as good as that of the tribe, they are also well-known short story writers in the industry after all, and most of their works are worthy of students' research and thinking.

Again.

What if "The Last Leaf" is written by Chu Kuang?

Several thoughts flashed in Logan's mind, and he had already entered the formal reading.

[In a community on the west side of a certain square, the streets stretch out in a haphazard manner, and then split into small alleys...]

Introduce the background of the story in the early stage.

Very conventional short story opening technique.

Logan thought without any fluctuations in his heart, and continued to look down along the text.

Two minutes later.

An inexplicable voice suddenly came out of Logan's mouth.

"Um?"

The heart beat slightly faster, and Logan's reading speed slowed down.

What this short story describes is not complicated...

The heroine of the novel, Johnsy, suffers from severe pneumonia in the cold November, and her condition is getting worse.

As a painter, she pins her hope of life on the last vine leaf outside the window.

She felt that the day when this vine leaf fell would be the end of her life.

Many people who gave up on themselves before the serious illness had unavoidable illusory thoughts.

Jonesy's best friend was very sad about this, so she told the old painter Bellman about Jonesy's thoughts.

Bellman is a hot-tempered person who drinks all day long. He has been painting for nearly forty years but has achieved nothing. He talks about creating a stunning work every day, but it is always just empty talk.

After hearing this, he cursed and cursed, but there was still nothing he could do.

However, in the days that followed, a miracle happened:

Although the wind was blowing so hard outside, and the edges of the jagged leaves were withered and yellow, it still grew on the tall vine.

Jonesy was deeply moved to see the last leaf still hanging on the tree.

The leaves can still survive the cold wind, why can't I?

She regained her faith in life and survived tenaciously...

What does it mean?

As long as you believe in miracles, miracles will definitely happen?

If the story ends in this way, Logan will definitely scold the author severely.

Just pour chicken soup into readers' mouths?

Slightly frowned.

Logan continued to look down.

In fact, there is nothing behind it.

The story ends with the best friend's words to Johnsy:

[Mr Bellman died of pneumonia in hospital today. He was only sick for two days. The first morning the porter found him immobile in pain downstairs in his own room. His shoes and clothes were soaked and freezing cold. They did not know where he had gone that miserable night. Then they found a lantern that hadn't been extinguished, and a ladder that had been moved from place to place, and some paintbrushes lying around, and a palette with green and yellow paints on it, and—my dear , look out the window, look at the last vine leaf on the wall. Haven't you ever wondered why the wind blows so hard and never shakes or stirs? Alas, my dear, this leaf is Bellman's masterpiece—he painted it there forever on the night when the last leaf fell. 】

Gulp.

Subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

Logan's frowning brows drifted to his forehead, forming circles of clear forehead lines!

this moment!

Logan was dumbfounded!

In a trance.

There seemed to be such a picture in front of his eyes:

On a stormy night, the old painter Behrman, who was over 60 years old, set up a ladder and waved his paintbrush with difficulty.

The last leaf, shaped under extremely difficult circumstances!

At the last moment of old Behrman's life, this old painter who was limited by his painting skills and accomplished nothing finally completed a shocking masterpiece!

reverse!

Classic twist!

Logan's scalp was slightly numb!

There are countless emotions rising in my heart!

At this moment, a name flashed in Logan's mind——

Crazy!

Logan can almost conclude that "The Last Leaf" is definitely written by Chu Kuang!

He has studied Chu Kuang's short stories.

This is a very classic Chu Kuang ending.

Chu Kuang is very good at giving a rock-shattering reversal at the end.

This is also the place where Logan admires Chu Kuang the most!

Take a breath.

Logan sighed inwardly:

"It's really an amazing reversal. Like the original "The Gift of the Magi", the ending is obviously unexpected, but it is also reasonable."

Look up to the audience.

In this classroom filled with students and packed with hundreds of heads, some people have finished reading the novel one after another.

Logan could clearly see the subtle changes in the expressions of the students in the front row.

surprise!

move!

shock!

All kinds of different emotions were shown on the faces of the students, and the eyes of some emotional girls were already flushed.

And when everyone finished reading the novel, the whole classroom erupted into a commotion!

The students exchanged excitedly:

"This work must have been written by Chu Kuang!"

"Excellent writing!"

"The final reversal is so touching!"

"I've never been so blown away by a short story!"

"Before I saw the ending, I almost thought it was a vulgar ode to miracles..."

"The work of the tribe was directly compared to nothing!"

"There is no comparison at all, this novel has completely crushed the tribe's one!"

"I can't fault anything!"

"..."

After several minutes of heated discussions, Logan knocked on the table without haste, and said in a heavy voice:

"Next, let's talk about this novel..."

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ps: This chapter will definitely be sprayed with water. Don’t worry, the rhythm needs it. The content of the first article is used as a sample standard. After all, it needs to be described emphatically. The next few articles will not be so detailed.